Elsewhere in the 9pm hour, Richard Hammond's Miracles of Nature aired on BBC One to an audience of 2.39m (9.8%), while The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler managed 2.08m (8.6%), and Channel 5's screening of The Contract attracted 822k (4%).

Meanwhile, 8pm's University Challenge (3.09m/12.5%) was BBC Two's best-rated broadcast of the night, losing out marginally to ITV1's Little England which had 3.38m (13.7%).

On the multichannels, an old Doc Martin (933k/3.8%) on ITV3 replaced BBC Four's Only Connect (856k/3.3%) as leader, while 800k (3.2%) caught Arrow, and ITV2's Switch (358k/2.1%) extended its winning record over E4's Made in Chelsea (339k/2.1%) to a month.